Soracom launches SIM cards and services easing IoT rollout cost

One of Soracom’s case studies is Farmnote, “a solution that involves attaching a sensor to heads of cattle and polling data on their activity.”

One of the challenges of Internet of Things is the poor availability and high price of mobile data, especially in the U.S.. Twilio announced it was going to have a stab at changing that earlier this year. Today Soracom showed off its solutions to ease the pain of IoT adaptation across the industry.

The company’s slightly byzantine pricing plans are optimized for a number of low-bandwidth, high uptime applications. The company’s SIM cards cost $25 each plus $3 per month and can be ordered in quantities ranging from one to 1,000. After that, the company offers a number of plans aimed at IoT applications.

The SIMs are aimed at global use, with the the pricing tiers ranging from $0.3 to $5.0 depending on region. Much of the U.S., China and Europe fall into the cheapest tier.